Improvement in lamp-wick attachments



A. SCHREIBER. Lamp- Wick'AttachmentI No.2o9,1.94."

Patented oep. 22', 187s.

NAFEI'ERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, wAsmNGTON. D z:4

"UNITED STATES PATENT OEETGE.

ADoLF scHnErBER,

OF BROOKLYN, E. D., NEVVYOBK.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-WICK ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,194, dated October 2'?, 1878; application iiled March 23, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ADOLF SCHREIBER, of Brooklyn, E. D., county ofiKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement-in Attachments forLamp-Wicks, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of lamps that are provided with auxiliary wicks for distributing the oil to the main wick; and it consists in an improved construction of the holder for the auxiliary wicks, as more fully hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawing, which shows a vertical section through a lamp with myimprovement, A is the principal wick of the lamp. B and O are the auxiliary wicks, which are secured to a light frame or tube, D, at their upper end by means of spurs S S. The said spurs are formed by cutting tongues in the metal, and bending said tongues inwardly and downwardly. The principal wick A passes through between the wicks B and C, heldin such a manner that when the wickA is screwed up it will pass through between them, the tube striking against the lower side of the burner.

lf desired, the tube or frame D may be made to it into the lower end of the wicktube, or may be otherwise secured to the same, the auxiliaries being far enough apart to touch the wick A without preventing its being moved upward or downward between them. The auxiliaries reach down to the bottom of the bowl, as shown in the drawing. As the level of the oil in the bowl is lowered the auxiliary wicks act as feeders to the principal wick, and even in case the latter should be too short to reach the oil it will continue to be fedl by the auxiliaries.

I ani aware that double wicks have been used, but both projecting through the burner.

What l claim as my invention is'-' The auxiliary Wick-holderv consisting of a tube, D, provided with spurs S to secure the wick, constructed substantially as described.

DR. A. SCHREIBER.

Witnesses EnNsT BILHUBER, WM. KAsTENHUBER. 

